Cemetery Hill, Cotterells, St John’s Road, Alexandra Road - High Street Controlled Parking Zones
What is happening?
NOTICE OF MAKING
THE BOROUGH OF DACORUM
(CONTROLLED PARKING ZONES) ORDER 2020
(AMENDMENT NO.2) (VARIOUS ROADS, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD)
NOTICE is hereby given that Dacorum Borough Council with the consent of Hertfordshire County Council and in exercise of powers conferred on that County under Sections 1, 2, 4, 45, 46, 46A, 47, 49, 51, 53 and 124 and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and the Traffic Management Act 2004 has made the above to amend the existing parking places in parts of Hemel Hempstead as set out below.
The effect of the Order is to make changes to the maximum stay and no return period for the shared use Permit/Pay to Park/Pay-by-phone restrictions within the existing Controlled Parking Zones on the roads listed below:
Road Name & Zone
Existing Maximum Stay & No Return Period
New Maximum Stay & No Return Period
Cemetery Hill (Zone C)
Maximum Stay 4 hours. No return within 2 hours.
Maximum Stay 2 hours. No return within 2 hours.
Cotterells (Zone K)
Maximum Stay 4 hours. No return within 2 hours.
Maximum Stay 2 hours. No return within 2 hours.
St John’s Road (Zone K)
Maximum Stay 4 hours. No return within 2 hours.
Maximum Stay 2 hours. No return within 2 hours.
Alexandra Road (Zone H)
Maximum Stay 4 hours. No return within 2 hours.
Maximum Stay 2 hours. No return within 2 hours.
The Hours of operation of the Controlled Parking Zones will not change.
The effect of the order is also to vary the charges for the parking bays referred to above to reflect the new maximum stay times. The charges will be varied (under Section 46A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984) as below:
Existing Charges
New Charges
Up to 1 hour (no return within 2 hours) - £0.50
Over 1 hour and up to 2 hours (no return within 2 hours) - £1.00
Over 2 hours and up to 3 hours (no return within 2 hours) - £2.00
Over 3 hours and up to 4 hours (no return within 2 hours) - £4.00
Plus, a service charge as charged by the provider (where pay-by-phone)
Up to 1 hour (no return within 2 hours) - £0.80
Over 1 hour and up to 2 hours (no return within 2 hours) - £1.50
Plus, a service charge as charged by the provider (where pay-by-phone)
The order also removes the restriction on meter feeding for these parking bays up to the maximum stay for the bay.
It is also proposed to replace the Shared Use Parking Bay on London Road (Zone R) with Permit Holders Vehicles Only restrictions.
All other provisions of The Borough of Dacorum (Controlled Parking Zones) Order 2020 will remain unchanged.
The Order shall come into operation on Monday 31st March 2025.
Documents giving more detailed particulars may be inspected at the offices of Dacorum Borough Council, The Forum, Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP1 1DN, during normal office hours. Electronic copies of the Order, a statement of reasons for the making of the Order and drawings showing details of the scheme are available for inspection online at
https://www.dacorum.gov.uk/home/community-living/parking-and-travel/waiting-restrictions
under the title “New DBC Traffic Regulation Orders” or on request by contacting
until the end of six weeks from the date on which the Order is made.
If any person wishes to question the validity of the Order or of any of its provisions on the grounds that it or they are not within the powers conferred by the Act, or that any requirement of the Act or of any instrument made under the Act has not been complied with that person may, within six weeks from the date the Order was made, apply for the purpose to the High Court.
Issuing Notice of this scheme is a statutory duty of the Borough Council. All data resulting from this Notice will be collected and held and processed by Dacorum Borough Council and may be shared with DBC Officers and Borough Councillors.
Ian Ross
Head of Neighbourhood Management, Dacorum Borough Council,
The Forum, Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1DN
19th March 2025
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